Guy Ullens
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Baron Guy Ullens |
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Ullens at the 2014 UCCA exhibition
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Guy François Edouard Marie Ullens de Schooten Whettnall January 31, 1935 San Francisco, USA |
| Nationality | Belgian |
| Occupation | Businessman, art collector, philanthropist |
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| Net worth |
 €250–330 million in 2012 |
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| Children | 4 |
Baron Guy François Edouard Marie Ullens de Schooten Whettnall (born 31 January 1935) is a Belgian art collector, philanthropist, and former businessperson.
Following his business career, he has with his wife, Myriam Ullens, established the Guy & Myriam Ullens Foundation, known for the Ullens Center for Contemporary Art in Beijing, China, and for founding the Ullens School in Lalitpur, Nepal.
Guy Ullens was born in San Francisco, California as the third child to Baron Jean Marie Joseph Anne Mathilde Alphonse Ullens de Schooten Whettnall (1897–1950), a Belgian diplomat, and a member of the noble family Ullens of the Southern Netherlands. His mother was ethnographic photographer, writer, and Royal Geographic Society fellow, Baroness Marie Thérèse Pauline Francis Ullens de Schooten Whettnall née Wittouck (1905–89), of the Belgium noble family Wittouck, a daughter of distilling and sugar magnate Félix Wittouck, who together with his brothers Franz and Paul Wittouck owned the Sugar refinery of Tienen.
The family moved to Oslo, Norway shortly after Guy was born, where Jean Ullens took up the diplomatic position of acting Minister for Belgium. Over the course of World War II, the family was confined to Berlin, and later lived in India, Pakistan, and Iran.
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